Demographics of Poinsett County, Arkansas

Poinsett County, Arkansas had 22,483 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −470 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Poinsett County, in four figures

22,483
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −2.0%
Change since July 2020: −470 people.; 40.0 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $46,707 ±$3,936
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Poinsett County, Arkansas's population shrank 2.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Poinsett County, Arkansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Poinsett County, Arkansas's population shrank 2.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Poinsett County, Arkansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	22,953	100.0	100.0
2021	22,658	98.7	100.2
2022	22,424	97.7	100.7
2023	22,402	97.6	101.6
2024	22,318	97.2	102.5
2025	22,483	98.0	103.1

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Population of Poinsett County, Arkansas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	22,953	−10	+15	0	−26
2021	22,658	−295	−179	+8	−137
2022	22,424	−234	−159	+42	−114
2023	22,402	−22	−51	+3	+31
2024	22,318	−84	−62	+14	−34
2025	22,483	+165	−70	−6	+246

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.0 ±0.8: for men 38.0 ±1.0 and for women 41.8 ±0.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Poinsett County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Arkansas	United States
Under 5	1,440 ±93	6.4% ±0.4	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,015 ±279	17.8% ±1.2	17.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,699 ±163	7.5% ±0.7	9.4% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	5,387 ±287	23.9% ±1.3	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,832 ±270	25.9% ±1.2	24.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,170 ±338	18.5% ±1.5	17.6% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $46,707 ±$3,936, and income per person $25,536 ±$1,657, in 2024 dollars. The median is $60,773 ±$467 in Arkansas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Poinsett County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Arkansas	United States
Under $25,000	2,496 ±340	28.4% ±3.8	19.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,096 ±254	23.8% ±2.8	22.0% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,577 ±212	17.9% ±2.3	17.4% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,161 ±182	13.2% ±2.0	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	976 ±173	11.1% ±1.9	15.0% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	246 ±96	2.8% ±1.1	6.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	240 ±92	2.7% ±1.0	6.7% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Poinsett County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Arkansas	United States
All ages	4,452 ±626	20.1% ±2.8	16.0% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,442 ±254	27.1% ±4.2	21.1% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,085 ±347	18.3% ±2.9	15.3% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	925 ±218	17.0% ±3.8	12.6% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Poinsett County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Poinsett County	Arkansas	United States
Housing units	10,449 ±28	1,394,673 ±514	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	84.1% ±2.8	86.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	15.9% ±2.8	13.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	64.4% ±3.3	66.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	35.6% ±3.5	33.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$103,000 ±$8,143	$188,000 ±$1,754	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$619 ±$80	$947 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±2	1987 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Poinsett County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Arkansas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	859 ±0	3.8% ±<0.1	9.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	18,983 ±121	84.2% ±0.5	67.4% ±0.2	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,206 ±349	5.3% ±1.5	14.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 86	0% to 0.4%	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	11 to 207	< 0.1% to 0.9%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 25	0% to 0.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.1%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,329 ±325	5.9% ±1.4	6.3% ±0.2	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Poinsett County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Arkansas	United States
Born in the state	16,780 ±514	74.4% ±2.3	60.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,350 ±496	23.7% ±2.2	33.5% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	76 to 238	0.3% to 1.1%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	256 ±72	1.1% ±0.3	5.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	21 to 125	0.1% to 0.6%	1.9% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	183 ±60	0.8% ±0.3	3.6% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poinsett County among the counties of Arkansas

26th of 75 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Arkansas page.

Counties of Arkansas near Poinsett County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Union County	36,926	−5.2%
Hot Spring County	33,451	+1.1%
Carroll County	29,263	+3.6%
Johnson County	26,225	+2.0%
Cleburne County	25,672	+3.9%
Poinsett County	22,483	−2.0%
Columbia County	21,894	−3.7%
St. Francis County	21,800	−5.3%
Ouachita County	21,731	−3.9%
Logan County	21,633	+2.5%
Conway County	21,393	+3.2%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 5 Counties in Arkansas by poverty rate
No. 24 Counties in Arkansas by median household income
No. 26 Counties by population in Arkansas
No. 28 Counties in Arkansas by per capita income
No. 33 Counties in Arkansas by median age
No. 33 Counties in Arkansas by median rent

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026